I honestly really don't know what to say at all about the situation in Israel and Gaza.

[MadameButterfly]

8. but there is someone to blame

Netanyahu chose to support Hamas instead of a two state solution for years. It had to boil over eventually, especially when you aren't addressing the militant radicals who have enforced a dictatorship on the Palestinians so they have no say.

Democracy for Israel but not Palestine makes no sense. Oh, right, Netanyahu want's to end democracy in Israel too.
To that end a war comes in handy to unite the country behind him and distract from his crimes and his overhaul of the judiciary.

He was warned about the attack and didn't act. It wasn't in his interest to do so. Like Trump and Putin, he doesn't actually care about the sufferring of humanity. He is happy to use Palestinians (and Israeli hostages) as cannon fodder for his personal goals.

The fact that his reaction may give Hamas the political result they were looking for is lost on him. Because his power and freedom from prison is all that matters to him.

It didn't have to be this way.